Letter to The Editor: Post-Gazette – Marriage Equality
You know, its been awhile since I posted a letter to the editor – that’s partially due to the major fail on the part of the search engines for the Trib and the Post-Gazette. Brandon Mitchell of...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Show Real LGBT Families in Post-Gazette
You know how I love the LGBTQ-positive letters to the editor. Here’s a great one from the Post-Gazette written by Ellen Garbundy of Butler: I found the photo on page B-2 of Monday’s paper offensive....
View ArticlePennsylvania Approval for Marriage Equality On The Rise
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Yet two recent polls have found that support for same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania is rising near or above 50 percent. For the first time since Muhlenberg College...
View ArticleWhat Have the Papers Been Up To Of Late?
Let’s see what’s been happening with local print media coverage of LGBTQ issues Ally Audrey Glickman has a terrific Letter to the Editor in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette I must comment that we need to...
View ArticleThe Legitimacy of the Rape Debate (Trigger Warning)
It is hard to know where to begin with the wretched “legitimate rape” comment from Todd Akin, Senate candidate from Missouri. “It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,”...
View ArticleOur Session at Podcamp Pittsburgh – Fairness and Accuracy in Language
So … many months ago PG columnist Tony Norman used the term “sexual preference” in an otherwise positive column. When I called him on it, he explained that it was simply a matter of language evolving...
View ArticlePodcamp Pittsburgh Panel: Talking About Fairness & Accuracy
This was a highlight of my fall … a 45 minute discussion with Tony Norman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Chris Potter (Pittsburgh City Paper), Aria Charles (Best Buddies) and Chaz Kellem (Pittsburgh...
View ArticlePittsburgh Post-Gazette Use of “Homosexuals” Not Helping Gay Boy Scouts
I’m fairly certain the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board is not being ironic when it opines: In facing up to its own legacy of bias, the Boy Scouts of America is considering a less than...
View ArticleEco Wednesday: Do Green Values Drive Our Consumer Decisions?
The Post-Gazette ran a piece on Tuesday exploring economists predictions as to how our “green values” might shape our future shopping decisions. The sharing trend that became popular with Zipcar is...
View ArticleThe Week in LGBTQ – April 14, 2013
A snippet of our most popular tweets from the previous week – follow us @PghLesbian24 Even if same-sex marriage is against your religion, we can’t ban every sin -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
View ArticleMy Big Idea for the New Mayor as Published in the Post-Gazette
I was recently asked to contribute to a compendium piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on "big ideas" for the next Mayor of Pittsburgh. Other contributors include economist Chris Briem, Cheryl...
View ArticlePittsburgh Post-Gazette Calls for ENDA Passage
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has come out in support of passage of the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Although federal law bans employment discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity,...
View ArticleThe Post-Gazette And KDKA Both Need GBF’s Pronto!
I’m pretty disgusted over this. I don’t even really care that the PG will probably never again call me for a story. I should read more magazines anyway. When I read this article about...
View ArticleAnother Fail by the Post-Gazette on Coverage of Trans Issues
Richland School District will not allow Kasey Caron to run for Homecoming King because Kasey was identified as biologicaly female at birth. School board solicitor Timothy Leventry says Pennsylvania law...
View ArticlePost-Gazette Profiles Same-Sex Couple for National Adoption Day Story
The Post-Gazette’s Rich Lord profiled Kizzy and Sandra, a married lesbian couple who adopted a sibling group of 4 this past weekend on National Adoption Day. This day is organized to recognize the...
View ArticleA Lump of Coal for Reg Henry and Two for the Post-Gazette
It is nearly 2014 and we continue to have to battle with our alleged allies over issues like not using the word “transvestite” (or a thousand other words), especially our allies in the media. Today,...
View ArticleWhy I Am Spewing All This Heavy Stuff On My Blog
Someone recently told me that they’ve enjoyed reading my NaBloPoMo posts where I respond to a daily prompt because it helps them get to know me better and makes them think. That’s high praise....
View ArticleDoes The Post-Gazette Just Not Like Transgender People?
The Post-Gazette editors are up to it again – shoddy reporting on LGBTQ issues. Not reporting, opining actually. This time, they give Governor Tom Corbett “half a loaf of credit” for supporting HB 300...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor on LGBTQ Equality
As disappointed as I am with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s disjointed coverage of LGBTQ issues, I have to applaud the readers who submit letters to the editor with gusto and flourish. Four days ago,...
View ArticleIf I Could Guarantee These People Read My Blog
If you could have a guarantee that one, specific person was reading your blog, who would you want that person to be? Why? What do you want to say to them? I have a list. It is not in order of...
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